As deer season concludes, diehard hunters will process a range of emotions. They celebrate great memories and try to forget fresh heartbreak. Despite the ups and downs, deer season cares not about ...

Boiled down to the essentials, a proper deer camp requires only a few things: a source of fire for cooking and warmth; coffee in the morning and sipping ­liquor in the evening to enjoy around said ...

Still-hunting whitetails demands a rifle that feels natural in your hands, moves quietly through the timber, and doesn’t weigh you down after a few miles of easing along ridgelines and creek bottoms.

The rest is detailed at the outset. Clearly, the inconsistency of deer hunting can move in multiple directions. Somehow ...

Longtime deer hunter and outdoor writer Ben East explains the biggest mistakes both deer and deer hunters make in the woods.

Over the years, my idea of the perfect deer rifle has evolved. When I was young, I had two whitetail rifles that, to me, were perfect. One was my Marlin 336 in .35 Remington, and the other was my ...

For many hunters a shotgun loaded with slugs remains a good choice to put a rack on the wall and venison in the freezer.